Backup Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

NorthHill Technology • Springfield, VA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Backup Engineer to support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA. This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator. An active Top-Secret Clearance is required, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year. We are seeking a skilled Backup admin to join our storage team in Springfield, VA. The role involves monitoring, managing, and optimizing backup services and technologies deployed across multiple geographies.

Requirements

• Active Top-Secret Clearance required
• Skilled Backup admin
• Monitoring, managing, and optimizing backup services and technologies
• Experience with Veritas NetBackup, Commvault, Cohesity, Rubrik
• Experience with on-premises systems running Linux/Windows, bare metal servers, VMware, and other virtual infrastructures
• Experience with backup operations, continual service improvement and vendor coordination
• Ability to maintain highly available, reliable, secure, and efficient backup environment
• Scripting skills to automate recurring backup and recovery tasks
• Experience with ITIL/ITSM processes: Incident, Change, Problem, and Configuration Management

Nice To Haves

• Will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year
• Proven expertise in Commvault, Rubrik and Cohesity
• Relevant certifications in storage technologies (Commvault, Cohesity, Rubrik)
• Experience in ITIL-based environments or similar operational frameworks

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of data protection services: Backup & Recovery, Solution Design, Implementation, and Migrations
• Maintain and enhance backup environments to meet performance, availability, and compliance standards
• Manage installation, configuration, and upgrades of backup software and hardware
• Work extensively with Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, and related backup solutions
• Manage and troubleshoot backups for applications including Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL, MS-Exchange, VMware, NDMP etc
• Utilize scripting skills to automate recurring backup and recovery tasks
• Develop automated backup and recovery solutions using scripts or third-party tools
• Operate in alignment with ITIL/ITSM processes: Incident, Change, Problem, and Configuration Management
• Ensure compliance with audit requirements and backup/recovery process documentation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed